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Prentice

Green Showdown, MT

Steepest pitch15°
Vertical103 ft
Length1,075 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesN
Top8,165 ft

Prentice drops 103 vertical feet over 1,075 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 1,060 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 34 named runs at Showdown. It faces north.

How well Prentice holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 6°, Prentice gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Showdown does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Showdown. Its top sits at 8,170 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Prentice profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Prentice elsewhere

Nearby at Showdown

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.